Preoperative SRS pain score is the primary predictor of postoperative pain after surgery for adolescent idiopathic scoliosis: an observational retrospective study of pain outcomes from a registry of 1744 patients with a mean follow-up of 3.4 years.
Stephen W HwangCourtney PendletonAmer F SamdaniTracey P BastromHeather KeenyBaron S LonnerPeter O Newtonnull nullJoshua M PahysPublished in: European spine journal : official publication of the European Spine Society, the European Spinal Deformity Society, and the European Section of the Cervical Spine Research Society (2020)
12% of all AIS patients who underwent fusion had back pain after postoperative recovery. The most consistent predictive factor of increased postoperative pain across all curve types was a low preoperative SRS pain score. These slides can be retrieved under Electronic Supplementary Material.